Amazon is to open its first High Street store in the UK - selling groceries and technology without tills
The first Amazon Go shop in the UK will open this week in Ealing in West London, reports The Mirror.
There will be no checkouts, in line with how the shops operate in the USA, with shopping baskets scanned and customers charged when they leave the store via the Amazon Go app.
In 2018 Amazon said it was looking to open 30 of the stores across the UK.
The shops use "Just Walk Out" technology which means customers can avoid queueing.
Shoppers must scan their unique Amazon bar code on their phone to enter the store, allowing sensor technology and cameras to monitor the products they walk out with.
Shoppers are only billed for their shopping once they leave the store using the card associated with their Amazon account.
There are no checkout workers but employees will be available to help customers and replenish stock.
In the US the online giant has around 25 Amazon Go stores in Seattle, Chicago, New York City and San Francisco.
More locations are said to be on the cards, with Amazon reportedly targeting transport hubs, so it can attract busy commuters who need to pick up items on the go.
